"net neutrality" news, interviews, and features

News about net neutrality

• FCC rolls back net neutrality ISP transparency rules

  Small ISPs will no longer be required to inform customers of their network management practices

• Big network names oppose Title II regulations, with major exceptions

• FAQ: The FCC's Net Neutrality vote, for the IT crowd

  The broad strokes of what's happening with Net Neutrality at the FCC on Thursday, for those following along from the office.

• Tech Ad Watch: CTIA makes dumb, poorly-staged video to protest Title II

  And here I thought we were done with issue ads for at least a few more months, before the insanity of the 2016 elections really ...

• FCC says net neutrality plan is on a 'firm legal foundation'

  Although the net neutrality rules proposed by the FCC on Wednesday are expected to generate lawsuits, agency officials defended them.

• FCC Chair calls for 'just and reasonable' rules for broadband

  Agency vote on open Internet plan is now set for Feb. 26

Features about net neutrality

• FCC girds for legal attacks on net neutrality order

  The FCC's 400-page official order on net neutrality, released on Thursday, is about to be the center of a long and contracted legal battle.

• Why net neutrality matters to your business

  You absolutely need to care now

• Google/Verizon: Will a parallel non-Internet help?

  A lot of what the bloggers have been saying is way off the mark, but there are plenty of real reasons to discuss the proposal

• Net neutrality wars entangle free speech

  A lawmaker's bill would require Web sites to conform to the same net neutrality rules as broadband providers

• Weighing the economic impact of net neutrality

  Both sides of the net neutrality debate argue that economics support their position--who is right?

• Net neutrality suffers a blow

  On April 6, a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to force ISPs to keep their virtual hands off the traffic ...